The Inheritance

An old Leningrader received news from abroad that he was heir to a huge fortune. The KGB were on his doorstep immediately demanding that he transfer his inheritance to the USSR.

The Leningrader held out for a long time, but then agreed — on one condition.

'I'll transfer my fortune to the USSR on condition that for one day all the shops in Leningrad will give everything away free.'

The authorities thought about this, and since the inheritance was vast, they decided to agree. .

The next day all the shops in Leningrad gave their goods away free. There was pandemonium — people climbing over one another, children crushed.

The hospitals and soon the morgues too were filled to overflowing...

'See what you've done,' the authorities say to the man. 'What on earth did you want this to happen for?'

'I'm an old man,' replies the Leningrader, 'and before I die I badly wanted to see what Communism would be like.'

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